Indicative contents

• Introduction
  System Requirement, Image Size, Resolution, Scanning of Image, Monitor Resolution, Printer Resolution, Opening and Importing Images, Resampling, Changing the Print Dimensions and Resolution of an Image in Photoshop.
• Layer, Color Models and Modes
  Blending Modes, Layer Styles, Common Color Models, Color Modes in Photoshop, Bitmap and Grayscale, Indexed Color, Color Bit Depth , Adjusting Color Display.
• 2D Imaging
  Painting, Drawing, Painting tools available in Photoshop, Color Correction, Channels and Bit Depth, Color Depth, Converting between Bit Depths, Converting between Modes.
• Mask and Color Management Setting
  Features of Mask, Alpha Channels, Proofing an Image, Color Separation, Printing.
• Extraction of Files from Other Source
  File Formats, Importing from Digital Camera, Importing Video Image, Reduce the File Size.
• Web application
  Web Features, Features of Slices, Types of Slices, Web content Palette, Working with Rollovers, Animation, Step wise Animation, Tweening, and Optimization.
   

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course Notes.
  2. Carla Rose, Kate Binder, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS3, SAMS, 2007.
      
• Recommended Reading
  1. Barbara Obermeier, Photoshop CS3 All in One Desk Reference for Dummies, Wiley Publishing Inc, 2007.
  2. Adobe Creative Team, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book, Adobe Press, 2007.